TY - JOUR A1 - Kälberer, Felix A1 - Polthier, Konrad A1 - Reitebuch, Ulrich A1 - Wardetzky, Max T1 - Free Lence - Coding with free valences JF - Computer Graphics Forum Y1 - 2005 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8659.2005.00872.x VL - 24 IS - Issue 3 SP - 469 EP - 478 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Tycowicz, Christoph von A1 - Kälberer, Felix A1 - Polthier, Konrad T1 - Context-based Coding of Adaptive Multiresolution Meshes JF - Computer Graphics Forum N2 - Multiresolution meshes provide an efficient and structured representation of geometric objects. To increase the mesh resolution only at vital parts of the object, adaptive refinement is widely used. We propose a lossless compression scheme for these adaptive structures that exploits the parent-child relationships inherent to the mesh hierarchy. We use the rules that correspond to the adaptive refinement scheme and store bits only where some freedom of choice is left, leading to compact codes that are free of redundancy. Moreover, we extend the coder to sequences of meshes with varying refinement. The connectivity compression ratio of our method exceeds that of state-of-the-art coders by a factor of 2 to 7. For efficient compression of vertex positions we adapt popular wavelet-based coding schemes to the adaptive triangular and quadrangular cases to demonstrate the compatibility with our method. Akin to state-of-the-art coders, we use a zerotree to encode the resulting coefficients. Using improved context modeling we enhanced the zerotree compression, cutting the overall geometry data rate by 7% below those of the successful Progressive Geometry Compression. More importantly, by exploiting the existing refinement structure we achieve compression factors that are 4 times greater than those of coders which can handle irregular meshes. Y1 - 2011 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8659.2011.01972.x VL - 30 IS - 8 SP - 2231 EP - 2245 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kälberer, Felix A1 - Tycowicz, Christoph von A1 - Polthier, Konrad T1 - Lossless Compression of Adaptive Multiresolution Meshes T2 - XXII Brazilian Symposium on Computer Graphics and Image Processing N2 - We present a novel coder for lossless compression of adaptive multiresolution meshes that exploits their special hierarchical structure. The heart of our method is a new progressive connectivity coder that can be combined with leading geometry encoding techniques. The compressor uses the parent/child relationships inherent to the hierarchical mesh. We use the rules that accord to the refinement scheme and store bits only where it leaves freedom of choice, leading to compact codes that are free of redundancy. To illustrate our scheme we chose the widespread red-green refinement, but the underlying concepts can be directly transferred to other adaptive refinement schemes as well. The compression ratio of our method exceeds that of state-of-the-art coders by a factor of 2 to 3 on most of our benchmark models. Y1 - 2009 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/SIBGRAPI.2009.53 SP - 80 EP - 87 ER -